MYINGYAN  , a

district in the Meiktila division of Upper Burma . It lies in the valley of the Irrawaddy, to the south of Mandalay, on the east bank of the river . Area, 3137 sq. m . Pop . (1901), 356,052, showing an increase of 1% in the decade and a density of 114 inhabitants to the, square mile . The greater part of the district is flat, especially to the north and along the banks of the Irrawaddy . Inland the country rises in gently undulating slopes . The most noticeable feature is Popa hill, an extinct volcano, in the south-eastern corner of the district . The highest peak is 4962 ft. above sea-level . The climate is dry and healthy, with high south winds from March till September . The annual rainfall averages about 35 in . The temperature varies between ro6° and 700 F .

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ordinary crops are millet, sesamum, cotton, maize, rice, gram, and a great variety of peas and beans . The district as a whole is not well watered, and most of the old irrigation tanks had fallen into disrepair before the annexation . There are no forests, but a great deal of low scrub . The lacquer ware of Nyaung-u and other villages near Pagan is noted throughout Burma . A considerable number of Chinese inhabit Myingyan and the larger villages . The headquarters town, MYINGYAN, stands on the Irrawaddy, and had a population in 1901 of 16,139 . It is the terminus of the branch railway through Meiktila to the main line from Mandalay to Rangoon . The steamers of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company also call here . A cotton-pressing machine was erected here in the time of independent Burma, and still exists .